Crossword for Wed, 17/Jan/2024

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Across
1: Knight-errant or young man in distress (7)

6: Cooped up in Essex: pelicans, it would turn out (5)

7: Standard style of music rejected (3)

8: Curiously, Maine's not an American state (9)

10: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

12: I tear to pieces in a fury (5)

13: Closest home receives attention (7)
Down
2: Sort of plain fur! (5)

3: Self-indulgent life of dolt upset by musical (5,4)

4: Unappealing environment for a snooze (3)

5: Grass present round container (7)

6: Man sees bananas in a bunch (2,5)

9: Pompously speak of no tax (5)

11: Control escape (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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